Sup guys!

I just installed my AEM CAI, I can feel the car is faster than before!

I really love the sound, especially when 3000-4500rpm, awesome!

And I also got a problem here: When I was checking the stock intake

parts, I found a little grey rat body in my intake!

I'm so worried if there are more inside my engine!



Anyway, here's my CAI:

 

i dont think rats can get past the air filter

 

No issues, they just want to take part in your TL's tasty desert platter... Otherwise known as your knock sensor and other expensive to replace wires etc....

 

It was in the resonator box ...

 

lol, pics?

 

so we can all get disgusted too!

 

No doubt! Pics would be great! lol!

 

Rats and mice love to go after hood pads and insulation. If a rat did manage to get inside your engine, You'd have immediate problems.

Try parking your car inside. If you already do, it's time to get a cat.

 

cats get on your car and scratch it

 

Hey Mio, it's funny that it happened to you too. My friend also found a dead mouse in his filter box as well. He only checked the filter because his engine was running rough one day.
Anyways, It's about damn time you finally took the plung and installed the CAI.

 

Congrats on your new purchase of AEM CAI!!

Now we need to see some pics of the RAT!!! and your install pics!!!

Good that you have the new DryFlow filter. Mine is the old red ones!!

Dam I am scare to look at my OEM filter now!! Maybe that is why it is so heavy.

 

ive noticed that a lot of people be findin rats in their TLs
how do they get into those tight places

 

Hey guys! I dunno how did the rat get inside, but that rat is soooo tiny, the size is just like my thumb...

Anyway, please! don't let me take pics for that rat... I don't wanna go back to the garbage bin to find that little thing out... I've tried to forget about it for hrs... lol!

 

PS: Can u guys see my yellow cat in that pic? hehe~ (left side)

 

I had the same thing happen to me. I had an rsx before this and had an aftermarket intake. I was popping my hood on a cold morning just to see if everything was still tight, and there was a giant rat by the intake area. It scared the crap out of me because it ran around my engine a few times before it escaped.

I think its because the engine bay is warm when you park it so little furry animals seek heat at night and just sleep there.

 

I had an old '66 Pontaic Bonneville and one day I started the car and heard this terrible shrill shriek and then a few thuds under the hood, so I got out and popped the hood and found blood and hair all over the inside of the engine compartment. Turns out a local cat decided to take a nap under the fan blade. needless to say, that cat used up all nine lives that day That was a nasty mess to have to clean up. I started tapping the horn before I started my car from them on......

 

I also remember seeing from the TSX forum where someone found a snake by the engine compartment. The snake got stuck and something grinded the snake in pieces. The picture was disgusting with blood all over the engine bay.

 

Wow this is has to be the most disqusting animal under hood story i heard ! !

 

I didn't eat dinner....

 

Hehe, that must have been a sight when u popped the hood.

 

Yeah I remember reading that Thread. That was so unreal!!!

 

this one? (if your stomach not feeling well, don't click)

 

fuck that. i'd hate to clean that thing up


i was working on a customers car once and was filling the washer fluid res. a horrible smell came from the opening as i was filling. a few seconds later fat dead mouse's head popped up. the customer and her daughter were watching me work and freaked when they saw the dead mouse.

 

some pics of the CAI, my car now is (34000km):

 

Nice and I see that the sensor is not re-allocated for the extra hp.

 

?Please explain?